Brief Life History of Wardman
When Wardman Holmes was born on 28 July 1817, in Addingham, Yorkshire, England, his father, William Holmes, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Pickles, was 30. He married Naomi Bland on 25 April 1841, in Otley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1850 and lived in Otley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1856. He died on 28 October 1869, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Wardman Holmes in household of William Holmes, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Wordman Holmes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Wardman Holmes in the West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
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1818
Oldest listed burial : Baby Anderson Birth unknown Death 19 May 1818 Burial Pioneer Memorial Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA Plot block 2-8-7- Memorial ID 30014373
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: either from the plural form of Holme , or else a variant of Holme or Home , with excrescent -s (see Holm ).
Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald (Ayrshire), or possibly from another place so called in the barony of Inchestuir (Angus). Both placenames likely derive from the plural form of Middle English, Older Scots holm ‘islet, raised land in a marsh’ (see Holm ).
Scottish and Irish: adopted for Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Thómais, Mac Thómais (see McComb ). In parts of western Ireland, Holmes is also a variant of Cavish, from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas . Early bearers in Ireland were probably immigrants from Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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"Wardman Holmes was born July 23, 1817, in Baildon, Yorkshire, England. He is the son of William Holmes and Ann Pickles.305 Ancestral File entry has birth July 28, 1807, in Addingham, Yorkshire, E …
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